The much-anticipated rumors have finally been confirmed. Unofficial is reporting that the owners of Squaw Valley, KSL Resorts, has purchased neighboring ski area, Alpine Meadows. Beaver Bowl Hikers, Alpine Meadows. Photo courtesy of Unofficial Alpine. There first news truck has arrived in Squaw’s parking lot. This is certainly big news for North America skiing. Along with […]

As a long-time Truckee/Tahoe local, a 16 year passholder to Alpine Meadows, including the last 5 at Squaw Valley, it hurts me to write this. Mother Nature has blessed us with one of the biggest winters on record. In fact, it’s still snowing. But here is the problem, the ski resorts are closed. All of […]

Matt Hansen is the global editor for Powder Magazine. A Salt Lake City, Utah native who found his calling in the Northern Rockies, he believes in deep snow, liftie rock, and free parking. Straddling the Continental Divide at 10,300 feet in southern Colorado, Wolf Creek Ski Area is as out of the way as it […]

On storm days you’ll find them among the early birds who stake their position in Squaw Valley’s KT-22 liftline before dawn, prepared for the long vigil until the first turn of the bullwheel. Collectively, they are older than Methuselah, but there is nothing in their posture, dress, or equipment that betrays their age; they are […]